"As the object approached, some in the group raised the alarm, Dhar said, and it ascended back up the hill, changed color from white to metallic black and went airborne, hovering for about 10 minutes before disappearing.

"We were all amazed," he said. "We thought it was some UFO, some object from some place that may not be the Earth."

They provided photos to authorities, they said, but the government never issued a report."

And let me guess...they don't have a single copy of a single photo anymore, eh?

shizbgby_v2:I am just waiting for the invasion, or the day when they actually show themselves to the world.

Probably no big announcement ahead of time or long term stay afterwards.

If I had to guess, they'll extract and super-cool for transport all the nitrogen from our atmosphere and use it as a base component in their fertilizer plants before distributing the end product for use on one of the many "Farm-Planets" under their management.

PS. For those who only heard the English translation, the original German lyrics are an anti-war/protest song:

Have you some time for me,then I'll sing a song for youabout 99 balloonson their way to the horizon.If you're perhaps thinking about me right nowthen I'll sing a song for youabout 99 balloonsand that such a thing comes from such a thing.

99 balloonson their way to the horizonPeople think they're UFO's from spaceso a general sent upa fighter squadron after themSound the alarm if it's sobut there on the horizon wereonly 99 balloons.

99 fighter jetsEach one's a great warriorThought they were Captain Kirkthen came a lot of fireworksthe neighbors didn't understand anythingand felt like they were being provokedso they shot at the horizonat 99 balloons.

99 war ministersmatches and gasoline canistersThey thought they were clever peoplealready smelled a nice bountyCalled for war and wanted power.Man, who would've thoughtthat things would someday go so farbecause of 99 balloons.

99 years of warleft no room for victors.There are no more war ministersnor any jet fighters.Today I'm making my roundssee the world lying in ruins.I found a balloon,think of you and let it fly (away).

tinfoil-hat maggie:Gyrfalcon: cryinoutloud: fusillade762: Oh, and anybody remember this TV show?[2.bp.blogspot.com image 400x297] That was 15 years before X-Files.

All the cool kids read books.

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I TOTALLY believed that. I was 100% convinced by everything in that book.

When I was eleven.

Hey it was a fun book, and Erich Von Danigen was just asking questions : )

In all seriousness, that was a large part of what got me into anthropology and archaeology. Finding out the REAL facts behind all that stuff was way a lot more fascinating than the imaginary space-alien crap.

Gyrfalcon:tinfoil-hat maggie: Gyrfalcon: cryinoutloud: fusillade762: Oh, and anybody remember this TV show?[2.bp.blogspot.com image 400x297] That was 15 years before X-Files.

All the cool kids read books.

[soulsmithy.files.wordpress.com image 322x500]

I TOTALLY believed that. I was 100% convinced by everything in that book.

When I was eleven.

Hey it was a fun book, and Erich Von Danigen was just asking questions : )

In all seriousness, that was a large part of what got me into anthropology and archaeology. Finding out the REAL facts behind all that stuff was way a lot more fascinating than the imaginary space-alien crap.

Gyrfalcon:tinfoil-hat maggie: Gyrfalcon: cryinoutloud: fusillade762: Oh, and anybody remember this TV show?[2.bp.blogspot.com image 400x297] That was 15 years before X-Files.

All the cool kids read books.

[soulsmithy.files.wordpress.com image 322x500]

I TOTALLY believed that. I was 100% convinced by everything in that book.

When I was eleven.

Hey it was a fun book, and Erich Von Danigen was just asking questions : )

In all seriousness, that was a large part of what got me into anthropology and archaeology. Finding out the REAL facts behind all that stuff was way a lot more fascinating than the imaginary space-alien crap.

Very true and the only reason I watch Ancient Aliens is for the cool shots of the historic stuff and well to laugh at all the what if, and you can imagine crowd : )/ I'd love it if history channel would actually focus on history

I TOTALLY believed that. I was 100% convinced by everything in that book.

When I was eleven.

Hey it was a fun book, and Erich Von Danigen was just asking questions : )

In all seriousness, that was a large part of what got me into anthropology and archaeology. Finding out the REAL facts behind all that stuff was way a lot more fascinating than the imaginary space-alien crap.

Very true and the only reason I watch Ancient Aliens is for the cool shots of the historic stuff and well to laugh at all the what if, and you can imagine crowd : )/ I'd love it if history channel would actually focus on history

I TOTALLY believed that. I was 100% convinced by everything in that book.

When I was eleven.

Hey it was a fun book, and Erich Von Danigen was just asking questions : )

In all seriousness, that was a large part of what got me into anthropology and archaeology. Finding out the REAL facts behind all that stuff was way a lot more fascinating than the imaginary space-alien crap.

Very true and the only reason I watch Ancient Aliens is for the cool shots of the historic stuff and well to laugh at all the what if, and you can imagine crowd : )/ I'd love it if history channel would actually focus on history

PC LOAD LETTER:AverageAmericanGuy: Extraterrestrial life exists. Get over it.

Well, there is a 100% chance of intelligent life existing in the universe. There is a likely chance it is elsewhere than on this planet. Our chances of meeting that life are probably quite small.

considering the age of the universe in comparison to the age of our planet, and the likelihood of advanced civilizations with techonology way beyond ours, your conclusion isn't as rational as you would like it to be

FTFA: Indian troops guarding the often-tense 2,100-mile border between the two Asian giants say the objects seen in recent months are yellow spheres that appear to lift off from the Chinese side, slowly traversing the sky for three to five hours before disappearing.

That long in the air and nobody snaps a pic with their damn cell phone?

CruJones:Somaticasual: ladyfortuna: You know, in re-watching The X-Files, I am reminded how much more exposure the 'UFO' chasers had back in the 90s and even a little into the early 'aughts. These days you hardly hear about them, but I can't help but think that someone must still be tracking reports or something...

MUFON, a hobbyist organization. still tracks of sightings per year, if not thousands.

I mean, there are only about a dozen shows on TV about alien encounters. It's so little known that in no way could one of them even become a meme.... But yeah, don't hear much about them these days...

[insert hipster joke about not having cable or watching tv here]

No seriously, I don't. Netflix all the way. Also back in the 90s you couldn't freakin' avoid the UFO subject, now, obviously you can, since I have done so with absolutely no effort.